Screen LibraryCriminal profiling：principles and practice
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Humana Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Totowa, N.J. |
| Publication Dates: | c2006. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59745-109-3 |
| Carrier Form: | xxi, 273 p.: ill. ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9781597451093 1597451096 |
| Index Number: | D918 |
| CLC: | D918 |
| Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. Peface : The evolution of crime action profiling -- What is criminal profiling? -- Smoke and mirrors : the illusions of accuracy in criminal profiles -- Rhetoric vs reality : investigating the skills and accuracy of criminal profiling -- The components and processes of criminal profiling -- Defining serial violent crime -- Operational interpretation of the CAP models -- Criminal profiling of serial rape offenses -- Criminal profiling of sexual murder offenses -- Criminal profiling of serial arson offenses -- Offense location patterns : geographic profiles -- Procedural considerations and format guidelines -- Fighting fire with fire -- Understanding descriptive and inferential statistics : a beginner's guide -- Variable and coding tables. |